He has your eyes.
Running a simulation of our upcoming baby... You're sure in a rush.
A paradise where people can live like people...
For me, any place where I can live with you and this child is paradise.
Deia...
Today, Goodwill Ambassador Deia Cides from Poseidon entered the country
to profess friendly relations between Olympus and Poseidon.
Deia...
Now, now! Don't cry! Don't cry!
Mommy Hitomi's here!
There, there!
You've gotten good at that!
Yep! Deia taught me!
Deia did?
Yeah. Before she left for Poseidon.
Deia's great with babies! Didn't you know?
I didn't think bioroids had maternal programming, but we actually do!
Although it's technically just copying the childcare guidelines given to us.
I personally wasn't raised by a mother, so I don't have much to go on.
Oh, actually, what's a real mother like anyway?
What I mean is, what was your mom like, Deunan?
Yesterday, at 08: 00 hours, Deia Cides entered Olympus from Poseidon.
The administration plans to welcome her as an official ambassador.
Can't we arrest her?
It's clear as day that she masterminded that terrorist attack.
Deunan and Briareos saw it all.
According to Poseidon, the terrorist is dead.
There's nothing we can do, unless we can somehow show
that the terrorist and Deia Cides are one and the same.
To think that a terrorist who should be dead
would just waltz right back as an ambassador...
This is technically a goodwill visit,
but her main objective is to help harmonize Poseidon's view
of the Ark Project, as led by Olympus.
The project's goal is a spacecraft capable of ultra-long-term self-sufficiency,
allowing for manned exploration of deep space, right?
And apparently this enormous spacecraft
needs to be centered around the perfect leader.
Gaia has narrowed the selection down to ten candidates.
It has been revealed that 3000 frozen embryos
stored at the Tartaros Center have been destroyed.
Murder while being transported in an armored car...
Death due to lack of genetic manipulation...
Of the ten confirmed candidates, seven have already died in one way or another.
You're saying the goodwill ambassador is plotting their deaths?
Don't you mean Poseidon?
The Chief of Staff has ordered us to protect one of the three who remain:
Councilman Theseus of the New Poseidon Party and bearer of Alcides' genes.
He, his wife, and his daughter will be at a hotel in the city tomorrow,
where he is scheduled to meet with Deia Cides.
You're to take the K2s and provide 24-hour security for the councilman
as soon as he is under our authority.
Thank you for inviting me to Olympus, considered the most beautiful place in the world.
As an ambassador of goodwill, I offer my utmost gratitude.
This is a goodwill visit of a leading nation. I welcome you warmly.
Please overlook the disorderliness.
The terrorist attack two months ago...
You've rebuilt so much in such a short time...
Bioroids are truly impressive.
We simply assist humans, nothing more.
But Gaia requires a bioroid for the Ark Project, correct?
What's needed is an "unprocessed" bioroid.
They're no different from humans, in terms of hardware.
What's needed is not an unstable human but a perfect bioroid...
Ambassador. What goal has brought you to where you are now?
The friendly relations between our nations.
No.
What do you desire...
...that has made you who you are now?
A treasure--the queen's girdle.
What?
A hero once went to steal a queen's treasure,
but instead fell in love with her and had a child.
However, due to the goddess of jealousy's scheming,
the hero murdered the queen and left with the treasure.
It's said the hero was filled with regret upon realizing what he'd done.
What are you referring to?
It's just an old story.
Daddy! These butterflies are pretty!
Indeed.
Package is clear.
--Line of sight? --Clear. No obstructions.
Surroundings?
Clear. No acoustics, thermals, or jamming.
How will we deal with possible Hekatons?
We can hold them off,
assuming equal capabilities and an indirect incursion.
There are no bioroids among the security team.
So the only possibility for bioroid intervention is through direct contact.
I take it you've screened all the hotel employees and security members?
All clear.
Just to be safe, we screened the wife and daughter too,
but they were a perfect match with the bioroid genes stored at Tartaros.
For safety reasons, I must conduct a body check.
Of course.
Go right ahead.
Thank you for your cooperation.
This is tight security. Now I can rest easy, too.
Hey, Briareos.
Is this something that needs personal coded transmissions during an operation?
Apparently Deia's good with children.
Don't let your feelings get in the way of things.
Yeah. I know.
Here she comes!
No jamming. She's not connected to the outside.
Keep your guard up. Her left arm is intact and functioning.
Package has entered the meeting area.
Due to the goddess of jealousy's scheming...
...the hero murdered the queen and left with the treasure.
It's almost time for the meeting to end.
Sit assessment.
Employee members clear. Continuing surveillance to prevent contact.
All terminals are clear. No contacts.
Surroundings clear.
Clear. No activity.
This is her last chance to make a move. Don't take your eyes off her.
Package is clear.
She didn't do anything.
Her role as Poseidon's ambassador must've taken priority.
All terminals clear.
Surroundings clear.
Switching to Security Level B.
The security level's been changed.
Go and get some fresh air for now.
We still have more bodyguard work ahead of us.
Thanks, Briareos...
I hear you're good with children.
Hitomi told me.
She asked me to help take care of it when I get back.
A bioroid raising a child...
How ironic.
Bioroids are things. Not human.
They're like butterflies that should be extinct,
existing almost casually in a temporary paradise where they shouldn't.
I refuse to accept it.
Do you feel that way about Hitomi too?
Not just Hitomi--do you feel that all bioroids are temporary beings?
They're no different from humans,
with children of their own and families they want to protect.
They're puppets that know nothing about the humans they were based on
and hold no suspicion as they smile with their make-believe families.
Even if they lose their "families,"
they'll soon be given false replacements with the same emotions.
Such bioroids can't possibly replace humans.
You said before that you lost your family.
I lost my mother when I was little, too.
We were walking along the street when she was suddenly shot from behind.
Just because her skin was a different color.
You simply don't know.
The sadness of losing someone is nothing like that.
True sadness produces hate.
Sadness without hate is nothing more than an excuse.
You don't think it was painful for me?!
If you lost the man you loved and it was your fault,
could you stay as you are now?
Do you not feel the sadness
of those who've been killed and those who loved them?!
Do you think you're a god or something?!
If you believe you can walk a separate path than me...
...then just try and stop me.
Just stay still!
That's it! You're going to be just fine!
There! Good girl!
The sadness of losing someone is nothing like that.
Such bioroids can't possibly replace humans.
Deia!
I'm sorry. This is technically Poseidon soil.
Dear!
Deia!
No matter what you lost in your past,
I won't let you turn our paradise into your stage for revenge!